The beauty of teaching your dog to track? You don't have to teach them anything. It is more about teaching yourself to let go of control... As many of my clients know, I tend to geek out heavily when talking about K9 psychology and ability. Many lessons have side barred into a passionate discussion about the other working disciplines of the K9 world. Obedience is fantastic and needs to be at the foundation of communication and structure...but sometimes it is nice to 'let the

Starting April 14th - RYP is very excited to be hosting BUSAR 's K9 unit here in the Rocky Mountains. K9 Kato and his handler will be making the long trip from the Great Smoky Mountains for over a week of intensive tracking/trailing instruction. Get ready to get muddy, bloody and vertical Ben Landkammer BONUS - Also looking forward to working another awesome Crooked Creek Ranch German Shepherd Dog! #sardog #trackingdog #RYPTrackingClub

It was rainy and 40s - perfect for scent work. Did some semi urban tracks for Liesel Weapon - she did really well. Since it was just Liesel working tonight with 3 dedcated trail layers showing up ready to work in the rain... RYP treated everyone to a round of beers at Big Sky Brewing after :) #RYPTrackingClub #trackingdog #manhunting #germanshepherd

Great afternoon tracking in the sunshine! Lots of new challenges including creek crossings/traverses, down trees, thick thorny brush and deer/dog contamination. #RYPTrackingClub #trackingdog #searchandrescue #germanshepherd #lieselweapon #malinois

This is how adults play hide and seek with their K9s... K9 Reese is a 4 month old golden who had zero issue finding POIs hiding in unique places tonight. Reese's handler is injured so I had the privilege of working Reese while her owner watched...first location the POI ran and hid in multiple elevated hiding spots in a playground. Reese navigated her first fence crossing and did great getting back on scent after being (gently) tossed to the other side. Later on after it got d